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Subject: Re: copying directories with ftp
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On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Brian William Francis Tobin XXIX wrote:

> 
> Hello and Thank you.
> 
> Is it possible to copy an entire directory when I use ftp?
> 
> I tried mput -r (like cp -r) but it didn't work.
> 
> Gratefully,
> Brian WF Tobin
 
I'm not sure this is what you want or depends on the
permissions of the site. But for ports you use

get dir_name.tar.gz

haven't tried it on anything larger than a port though.

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